Project Guard: Reducing Alcohol Misuse/Abuse in the National Guard

"Participants in the SP-BI group will receive a 20-30 minute intervention through an app program based on the FRAMES format: providing personalized Feedback (regarding substance use, risk factors), emphasis on Responsibility for change, Advice, Menu of options, Empathic clinical behaviors, and support of Self-efficacy regarding making changes. The intervention is designed to address the target behavior of alcohol use, and will include a tailored review of participants' goals/values, feedback regarding their alcohol use patterns and consequences (either actual experiences or potential based on risk behaviors), developing a discrepancy between their alcohol use and ability to meet goals and values through a decisional balance exercise, and formulation of a change plan."

Those assigned to EUC will receive an informational brochure with resources available to members of the military related to mental health and alcohol use. They will be contacted to complete 4-, 8-, and 12-month follow-up assessments.